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Missouri Increases Standards For Teacher Preapration

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Jessica Bock | Posted 02.25.2013 | Home

Before stepping into her own classroom, Allison Brown wanted to be prepared for everything that becoming a teacher would throw at her. Planning and t...

Court Rules Minnesota Colleges Must Turn Over Education Syllabi To Outside Research Organization

Posted 11.02.2012 | Home

A district court judge ruled Wednesday that education schools within the Minnesota State Colleges and University system must turn over their course sy...

Are Great Teachers Born or Made?

Dan Brown | Posted 11.04.2012 | Home
Dan Brown

It's not always pretty, but my students have shown important progress toward college and career readiness -- something I could never claim from my rookie misadventure at P.S. 85. What accounts for the change?

Let's Get to the Bottom of #Edtech Hysteria

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.26.2012 | Home
Shaun Johnson

There's an underlying "disruptive" strain to #edtech that is, from my perspective, disconcerting. It seems that certain proponents of #edtech are pushing technology in order to completely "teacher-proof" the classroom.

New Portal Expected To Be Largest Online Teacher Resource

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 08.19.2012 | Home

MIAMI — Discussing education reform at Stanford University last year, the leader of one of the nation's largest teacher unions decided to turn t...

The NEA's 'New Professionalism'

Richard Lee Colvin | Posted 02.13.2012 | Home
Richard Lee Colvin

An NEA commission report released last Thursday appears to depart from union positions on seniority; tenure; performance pay; student achievement as a factor in evaluations; and the role of teachers in evaluating their colleagues.

Don't Let Congress Turn Back the Clock on Teacher Quality

John Affeldt | Posted 12.19.2011 | Home
John Affeldt

Let's hope Congress corrects the mistake it made last year and finally fulfills the promise to provide all students with qualified and effective teachers. Our future depends on it.

Report Offers Comprehensive Guide To Developing And Sustaining Teacher Evaluation Systems

Posted 12.04.2011 | Home

In time for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's presentation of the Obama administration's reforms to teacher preparation programs last week, a new r...

Charter Ed for the Early Childhood Workforce: A Recipe for Disaster

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 11.15.2011 | Home
Susan Ochshorn

To suggest that B.A.s are superfluous, that early childhood practitioners opt out of the current system of higher education, is to perpetuate long-standing divisions and inequities between birth-to-five educators and their colleagues along the K-12 spectrum.

School Culture Shakeup: New Report Has Some Interesting Findings

Posted 10.02.2011 | Home

A new study conducted by the National Center for Education Information has uncovered both startling similarities and arresting differences between tea...

Why I'm Marching to Save our Schools

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.23.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

We need to let the public know that there is only one side of the story playing out in mainstream publications. For a time, truly progressive education reform options have been imprisoned in academic journals.

Let Me Tell You About Teach for America

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.10.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

I'm trying to be sincere when I question TFA. I just can't see its long-term benefits to education and the teaching profession. Even as a short-term stopgap measure in high-needs areas, I think it's doing more harm to teaching than good.

Letters to Wendy: Pre-Service Teachers React to Teach for America

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

The thought that people with "higher" degrees can aimlessly teach the most at risk children without proper preparation and training is false and cruel.

Weighing Pros And Cons Of Teacher Seniority Lists

Heather Wolpert-Gawron | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Heather Wolpert-Gawron

Seniority permits security, but doesn't provide incentive, and we cannot allow that which is broken to remain sacrosanct when it serves one purpose well but fails in serving others.

Teaching as an Art Form

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

Even as someone who engages in the more scientific or theoretical aspects of teaching, I start to wonder if we really want to go all in here with this very techno-rational mentality.

U.S. News Getting It Wrong: Assess Teacher Programs Sensibly

Nancy L. Zimpher | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Nancy L. Zimpher

There is great potential value in these new rankings, but not in their current format. I see a U.S. News methodology that is a certain recipe for failure.

The Ruinous Culture We've Created in Elementary Schools

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

With high-stakes standardized testing, this is the educational culture we've created. Seeing schools in test-mode is an observation in a disheartening obsession with quantitative values.

Pre-Service Teachers Are Voiceless

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Shaun Johnson

I asked pre‐service students to volunteer their thoughts. What follows are several of their brief testimonials, which speak to the diverse perspectives of new teachers.

Education Reform Debate Needs Bigger Battlefield

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Karen Symms Gallagher

Few will dispute that more education reforms are needed. But many of the prescriptions may not be up to the task of dramatically improving student achievement.